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L'imperatif Flashcards

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L’imperatif

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Use the present tense
Only 3 possible persons Tu/vous/nous but do not use the pronoun.
In verbs that finish in ‘er’ including aller, you leave off the ‘s’ in the tu form.

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Verbes en er

eg aimer

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Aime
Aimons
Aimez

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Verbes en ir

eg finir

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Finis
Finissons
Finissez

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Verbes en re

Eg prendre

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Prends
Prenons
Prenez

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Faire

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Fais
Faisons
Faites

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Aller

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Va
Allons
Allez

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Etre (irreg)

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Sois
Soyons
Soyez

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Avoir (irreg)

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Aie
Ayons
Ayez

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Savoir (irreg)

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Sache
Sachons
Sachez

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Vouloir (irreg)

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Veuille
Veuillons
Veuillez

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Using POI or POD with the imperative

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Insert a hyphen between the verb and the pronoun
Prenez-le (POD)
Dites-lui de sa taire (POI)

Replace the POI me and te with moi and toi after an imperative verb.

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